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Cargando... Coffee with Hemingway (Coffee with...Series)por Kirk Curnutt
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The most illustrious men and women of the past would have much to teach us if only, by some miracle of time travel, we could borrow an hour or so of their time - and get them to tell us just what it was that really mattered to them. Each book in this series enables us to do just that. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The problem, however, is that the Hemingway of Curnutt's book doesn't sound like Hemingway. Curnutt knows his subject and is earnest in wanting to strengthen the author's oft-assailed reputation, but he doesn't have the knack of providing the man's voice. He leans heavily into the writer's infamous thin skin and cantankerousness, but the book's Frankenstein Hemingway comes across as more childish than abrasive. Hemingway's reputation as a boor is probably overstated, and apparently in person he was very charming and charismatic.
The failure of mimicry means that no magic develops to draw the reader in, and the limitations of the clunky question-and-answer format become all the starker. Coffee with Hemingway is a worthy effort, but if you met the real Hemingway in a Parisian café, you can be damn sure the encounter wouldn't be as cold and stilted as it often is here. ( )